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== Board of Directors == {| class="wikitable" |+Table 10: Board of Directors<ref name=":8" /> !Name !Position !Biography |- |Gordon Hurst |Independent Chair | * Joined Darktrace July 2019, appointed to the Board in April 2021 * Previously held several roles at Capita plc, including Group Finance Director on its board since 1996 * Served as non-executive chair of the board of Featurespace since November 2014 * Currently serves as non-executive chair of Marston Holdings, and Azets Ltd |- |Poppy Gustafsson OBE |Chief Executive Officer | * See biography above |- |Catherine Graham |Chief Financial Officer | * See biography above |- |Vanessa Colomar |Non-Executive Director | * Partner and Co-Founder of Invoke Capital, where she is responsible for Communications and Investor Relations and oversees these functions for portfolio companies including Luminance, where she also sits on the Board of Directors * Previously held senior positions at agency Edelman and Burson Marsteller, and served as SVP of Communications at Autonomy * Education: First-Class BA in Modern European Languages from Durham University, and MA in Journalism from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. |- |Stephen Shanley |Non-Executive Director | * Joined KKR in 2014; head of KKR’s Technology Growth Equity business in Europe * Involved with KKR’s investments in Darktrace, OutSystems, KnowBe4, GetYourGuide, Ivalua, Trainline, ClickTale, Optimal+, and Travelopia * Previously was with Technology Crossover Ventures, the TMT investment banking group of Needham & Company, and the transaction services group of KPMG * Education: BS and BSc from Santa Clara University |- |Han Sikkens |Non-Executive Director | * Joined Summit Partners in 2004 and manages the firm’s London office * Currently a director at Darktrace, Flow Traders, Masternaut, OnRobot, Red Points, RELEX Solutions, Siteimprove and Syncron, and actively involved in the Summit’s investment in Avast * Previous board and investment experience includes 360T Group, Acturis Limited, Multifonds, SafeBoot and Welltec International * Education: BS in business administration from the University of Groningen, MSc in international business from the University of Groningen, and MSc in international finance from the CERAM Graduate School of Management & Technology |- |Lord David Willetts |Independent Non- Executive Director | * Served as a Member of Parliament from 1992 to 2015; he was Minister for Universities and Science within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from 2010 to 2014, and previously held roles within HM Treasury and the No. 10 Policy Unit. * Current roles include President of the Resolution Foundation and Chair of the Foundation for Science and Technology * Serves on several company boards |- |Paul Harrison |Independent Non- Executive Director | * Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director at Ascential plc * Held senior positions at several high growth, public technology companies in the UK and internationally * Previous roles include CFO of Just Eat plc, Group CFO of The Sage Group plc, and CFO of WANdisco plc * Served as a Senior Independent Director on the Board of Hays plc |- |Sir Peter Bonfield |Independent Non- Executive Director | * More than 50 years’ experience in the international technology sector * Currently is Chairman of NXP, Director and Chair of Audit at TSMC, on the Board of Imagination Technologies and on the US Board of the EastWest Institute * Member of The Longreach Group Advisory Board, Senior Advisor to Alix Partners and Board Mentor for CMi * Prior positions include CEO of BT Group, Chairman and CEO of ICL plc and Deputy CEO of STC plc * Has served on the boards of 12 international companies including Sony, Ericsson and AstraZeneca * Elected Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering * Knighted in 1996 and awarded the CBE in 1989 |} === Board history === * Elizabeth Harris, an Invoke employee, was the initial director of Darktrace Holdings Limited. In August 2014, Robert Webb QC was appointed as chair, and in September 2014, Nicole Eagan was appointed to the board as the CEO. * In February 2015, in relation to Darktrace’s Series A funding, Vasile Foca (nominated by Talis Capital), and Sushovan Hussain and Michael Lynch (both nominated by Invoke) joined the board of directors. Elizabeth Harris resigned as a director following the funding. * In July 2015, in relation to Darktrace’s Series B funding, Johannes Sikkens (nominated by Summit Partners) and Vanessa Colomar (nominated by Invoke) joined the board of directors. * In July 2016, in relation to Darktrace’s Series C funding, Stephen Shanley (nominated by KKR) joined the board of directors. Vasile Foca resigned as a director following the funding. * In October 2016, Poppy Gustafsson was appointed as a Co-CEO of Darktrace. In November 2016, Andrew Kanter (nominated by Invoke) joined the board as Sushovan Hussain voluntarily resigned as a director. * In November 2018, Philip Pearson (nominated by Invoke) joined the board as a director as Michael Lynch voluntarily resigned as a director. * In July 2019, Gordon Hurst joined the board as an independent director. * In May 2020, Poppy Gustafsson joined the board as an executive director (CEO), and Nicole Eagan resigned as a director and CEO, but she remained as Chief Strategy Officer, AI Officer. * In July 2020, in relation to convertible loan note funding, Mark Hatfield (nominated by the convertible loan note holders) joined the board. * In April 2021, Mark Hatfield, Andrew Kanter and Philip Pearson ceased to be directors of Darktrace.
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